Title 'African potentials' for wildlife conservation and natural resource management : against the image of 'deficiency' and tyrrany of 'fortress' / edited by Toshio Meguro, Chihiro Ito and Kariuki Kirigia

Published Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, in collaboration with The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Japan, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps Series African potentials: convivial perspectives for the future of humanity ; volume 6 African potentials (Series) Contents Introduction: 'African potentials' in the context of environmental conservation and human-environment interactions -- Part I. 'African potentials' at the forefront of wildlife conservation. Listening for elephants in the dark : hidden impacts of human-elephant conflict in the Serengeti District, Tanzania -- 'Where did our nature go?' Situating voices of local communities around conservation violence -- Neoliberalisation of environmental conservation through spectacularisation and eventisation : the case of the Masai Olympics in southern Kenya -- Park scouts/rangers as key persons connecting local people and park authorities : the case of Ethiopian wildlife protected areas -- Conservation, power and politics : Masai involvement in community-based conservation in the Amboseli region of Kenya -- On indigenous organic intellectuals : struggles against pastoral land dispossession in the Masai commons in postcolonial Kenya -- Part II. Re-examination of 'African potentials' in the context of human-environment interactions. African potentials in Guinean anthropogenic landscapes : land use, wildlife conservation and environmental politics -- African potentials for biodiversity conservation : Tamarind, Lemurs and the Tandroy people in the gallery forests of southern Madagascar -- Rethinking the potential for the commodification of Africa's natural resources : a case study of Marula use in Phalaborwa, South Africa -- The political ecology of the Kapenta fishery in Lake Kariba, Zambia -- Africa's potential in history and in local initiatives : the case of locally conceived artificial reefs (Virundu) for enhancing fisheries production at Makanjira, Southern Lake Malawi -- Sustainability in developing societies : changes in commodity prices and population over a quarter of a century in a fishing village in Southwestern Madagascar -- Factors influencing physical and psychological distance between wildlife and people in Kenya -- Conclusion: Reality of 'African potentials' : informal, invisible and dynamic nature without an Arena Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2022) Subject Wildlife conservation -- Africa Natural resources management areas -- Africa Natural resources management areas Wildlife conservation Africa Form Electronic book Author Meguro, Toshio, editor. Ito, Chihiro, editor Kirigia, Kariuki, editor ISBN 9789956552627 9956552623

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